Anyone going to first seder tonight?

[Yael]

Home or at a restaurant?

[rockymountaindem]

1. You gave me a heart attack

Isn't that next week?

[Yael]

2. Oh crap -- you are right! It is the 19th!!

And my aunt is cooking. :rofl:

[Yael]

18. I called her

she is embarrassed but fortunately got a laugh out of it.

I promised her that next year, I would pay closer attention. Doh!

[rockymountaindem]

19. Whew

Of course, you could always go over there and eat today and next week.

[Yael]

20. They are calling for a pizza

LOL!

[panader0]

3. I am ashamed to admit that I don't know much about Jewish culture

Please enlighten me about seder.

[Yael]

4. Well for one thing, it isn't until next weekend

<~~ Still laughing and trying to decide whether or not to call her or just go tonight.

It is the annual tradition remembering the exodus from Egypt.

[Kajsa]

5. Call her, Yael!

If she thinks it's tonight and finds out it's next Saturday,
there will be one very ticked off auntie to deal with!-LOL.

:rofl:

[Yael]

6. Only half of my family even cares

I just put a note in my Outlook and didn't bother to check it until it was questioned.

I am not sure WHAT to do now.

:rofl:

[Kajsa]

11. Oh, no!

This should be one interesting evening for you! :)

Good luck, my friend.

[TomInTib]

10. I always wondered what it was about...

but was too timid to ask. Thanks for clearing that up for me, Yael.

Heck, I didn't even know anyone of the Jewish Faith until I was thirteen years old. Until then, I thought that every American Jew lived in NYC.

[Yael]

12. Never hesitate to ask

Jewish tradition is very full flavored.

Always something going on.

:hi:

[TomInTib]

13. OK, Yael...

you are now an Official Member of Tom's Buddy List.

If I have a question, you are my Official Jewish Go-To Girl.

All is right with the World (except for a few matters that are just too depressing to go into right now).

Tom

[Yael]

14. w00t!!

I made a buddy list. :D

:woohoo:

[Brigid]

8. Here ya go . . .

http://www.jewfaq.org/holidaya.htm

[villager]

7. So... anybody have/find any good new Haggadot?

Seasonally speaking?

[Yael]

9. Last year, we used one I found online that was really cool

This year, I wouldn't trust myself to buy kosher matzoh.

[rockymountaindem]

17. I told my mom that ours belong in a Judaica museum

They were printed in 1954, I think.

[villager]

24. A lot of "King" and "He" translations to describe the Cosmic Mystery, eh?

;-)

[cloudbase]

15. They have 'em at restaurants?

Never heard of that, but what a labor saver that would be.

I'll be hosting the (un)usual menagerie next Saturday night. Our local labor council will be having a "labor seder" the following Tuesday. They're selling the exodus as the first labor walkout.

My wife says my matzoh ball soup is better than my own mother's. High praise indeed.

My usual joke at the seder table:

Do you know why the Jews spent forty years in the desert?







They couldn't get two of them to agree on which way to go.

Eh, I got nothin'.

Gut Pesach, y'all!

[Yael]

16. Family is much smaller now

but in years past, we would gather with other families. There are a lot of restaurants here that are kashrut pesach (surprised me too)

Chag sameach & gut pesach!

[pink-o]

28. This is my Passover Joke

In the 5th Century, just inside of Wales, King Arthur was auditioning for the Knights of the Round Table. He told his assistant to send in the contenders.

So in walks Parsifal, Galahad and Lancelot. They're standing straight and confident, armour perfect and swords and their waists. Arthur interviews them all, and accepts them with aplomb. He then asks his assistant to send in any other interviewees.

At that point, in walks Moishe. His armour kinda hangs off him, and his glasses keep falling down his nose. His curly, frizzy hair is completely a wreck and he seems a little uncertain.

Arthur takes one look at Moishe and says to his assistant: "Why is this Knight different from all other Knights?"

[Yael]

30. *snort*

First of 4 very good questions. :D

Mine from childhood:

Why do we have a Haggadah at Passover?

So that we can Seder right words

:P

[uppityperson]

21. That's right, xtian easter was too early this yr

before seder and all. I wonder if that would mean that jesus rising from the dead happened before the seder/last supper?

[ulysses]

22. a friend invited us to seder some years ago.

I know just enough about Jewish tradition to be dangerous, so that was a very cool experience.

Glad you called your aunt, though. :D

[Yael]

23. Highly recommend attending

Lots of rich traditions to be had at a seder.

Which, in case anyone missed, is NEXT week.

:hi:

[tnlefty]

25. Dang it! Until I read parts of this thread I thought Sam Seder

was airing for the first time at some new, undisclosed location tonight. :blush: :blush:

[Yael]

26. LOL!

Well, he might as well have.

Nothing else going on until the 19th.

:hi:

[Gothmog]

27. You had me worried

My youngest and oldest will be coming into town for our seder. My middle child will be doing her seder at the hillel at her college.

[Yael]

29. Chag sameach!

Sorry about that and gut pesach to you! :hi:

Chicken is NEXT week.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

31. I took a test run today by making stuffed cabbage and searched for kishka recipes. :)

[KharmaTrain]

32. It's A True Family Tradition Here...

Passover has always been a big deal with my family. It's the one time of the year my mother's family still gets together. My grandmother immigrated about 100 years ago and my mother and her sisters started a yearly Seder in the 30's. While my mother and her sisters are gone, the children keep the tradition going...all the families there. While my father's family splintered around the country, my mother's family hangs together...all of us proud in carrying on traditions that we are sure will be going after we're gone.

[Hekate]

33. Joke -- The Two-Minute Haggadah

My good friend and neighbor Sharon sent this to me today and made me laugh. Usually she and I share Passover every year -- one of us will take First Night, the other will take Second, and each of us had our own cast of characters we invite. Of course our hubbies are involved too, but they don't cook. Her desserts are the best ever.

This week I'm trying to prep my 3-yo grandson for it. Other than that -- I guess I better get a move-on, as otherwise I haven't started a thing.

Hekate
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The Two-Minute Haggadah

Opening prayers:
Thanks, God, for creating wine. (Drink wine.)
Thanks for creating produce. (Eat parsley.)  Etc., etc, etc.

Overview: Once we were slaves in Egypt.  Thousands of years ago.  Now we're free. That's why we're doing this. To remember. 

Four questions:
1.  What's up with the matzoh?
2.  What's the deal with horseradish?
3.  What's with the dipping of the herbs?
4.  What's this whole slouching at the table business? 

Answers:
1. When we left Egypt we were in a hurry. There was no time for making decent bread.
2. Life was bitter, like horseradish.
3. It's called symbolism.  For tears.
4. Free people get to slouch. 

A funny story: Once, these 5 rabbis talked all night, then it was morning. (Heat soup now)

The four kinds of children and how to deal with them:
Wise child-explain Passover.
Simple child-explain Passover slowly.
Silent child-explain Passover loudly. 
Wicked child-browbeat in front of the relatives.

Speaking of children:  We hid some matzoh.  Whoever finds it can try to bargain with me for five bucks.  Maybe.

The story of Passover:  It's a long time ago. We're slaves in Egypt.  Pharaoh is a nightmare. We cry out for help. God brings plagues upon the Egyptians. We escape, bake some matzoh. God parts the Red Sea.  We make it through; the Egyptians aren't so lucky. We wander 40 years in the desert, eat manna, get the Torah, wind up in Israel, get a new temple and enjoy several years without being persecuted again. (Let brisket cool now.)

The 10 Plagues: Blood, Frogs, Lice-you name it.

The singing of "Dayenu":
If God had gotten us out of Egypt and not punished our enemies, it would've been enough.
If he'd punished our enemies and not parted the Red Sea, it would've been enough. 
If he'd parted the Red Sea- (Remove gefilte fish from refrigerator now.)

Eat matzoh. Drink more wine.  Slouch.

Thanks again, God, for everything. 

SERVE  MEAL.

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[Karenina]

34. ACH! MY MONITOR!!!

:spray::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Yael]

35. LOL!!

That is hilarious.